September 06, 2014, 5:33PM

The White Lake lessons are varied but what stands out is that when a community joins together with a goal in mind, persistence and patience can get the job done. And now an opportunity has been created. Full story »

September 04, 2014, 6:43AM

Today, with its contamination contained, the long-closed chemical manufacturer's 880-acre site in Montague Township has -- in the words of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- been transformed "into thriving wetland, prairie, and woodland habitat." Full story »

September 02, 2014, 10:29AM

Certain baffling terms get used a lot in discussions about the delisting of Muskegon County's White Lake as a Great Lakes Area of Concern -- like "delisting" and "Great Lakes Areas of Concern." Full story »

August 27, 2014, 8:16AM

In the early years, fighting for a cleaner White Lake was far from a popular cause. Activists faced opposition or indifference from industries, employees, neighbors and government officials. Full story »

August 26, 2014, 3:29PM

The gallery above illustrates the transition from the happy-Hooker era of the 1950s, to the exposure of toxic dumps and a groundswell of public protests a generation later, to the cleanups and restoration since then. Full story »